portexToday was technically Jake’s first day of spring break, so no classes today. Even so, he was willing to work on some extra credit assignments for abnormal psychology, that is until he realized he’d have to watch a one hour video followed by a three page paper all for, get this, 0.5 points, yes, that half of One point for all that work. Really? As you might imagine, the motivation to do such a thing on spring break was clearly waning, and I don’t blame him one bit. That’s a ton of work to do for half of one point. It doesn’t even make sense.
Instead, he cleaned his room, which needed cleaning, and it was a much better environment once he was done. He then made his way out the door to go meet up with Shea Brothers and chill out on his first day of spring break. If you can’t go to Florida on spring break at least he should be able to spend time with a friend.
Rochelle spent a good part of the day working on our family journal project, editing all the entries through 2020 and into 2021. It’s amazing how fast she’s going on this, and so deeply appreciated!
I got out of work early, around 3:30 PM, and made my way to the gym to work out shoulders, traps, triceps, and abs.
At the gym I had a long trxt conversation with Jordan joking around about potential workout songs. I suggested Megan Three Stalion, which I knew he hated. He gave it a quick thumbs down. He then suggested songs from Phil Collins, Sting, and Rush, several of my most detested. I closed it out with his all-time favorite, “No” by Meghan Traynor. What does he have against people named megan/meghan?
On the way home, I called George (my mom) and let her know that Congress passed the 1.9 trillion stimulus package this past weekend, relevant because we have been talking about it. Hopefully that means she’ll be getting a $1400 check soon. We also talked about psychological disorders as she was watching a show about a 1000 pound woman and her interactions with her family who completely enabled her to be that way. In essence, I told her that people like that are the way they are because they can’t help themselves and someone else has to.
Back home, I discovered that the electric screwdriver that I ordered yesterday from Amazon.com had arrived. And so I brought it upstairs and Rochelle and I almost immediately got to work on fixing the boys standalone closet.
For a background, Jake’s and Jordan‘s standalone closet is ceiling to floor and about 8 feet wide with sliding doors, each with 4 mirror glass panels approximately 2‘ x 3‘ and very heavy. During our move out of the apartment for renovations late last year, the movers broke one of those panels. That we were reimbursed for the cost of that panel and some labor, it was still up to Rochelle and us to get that done. And so we satarted watching YouTube videos on how to put together and deconstruct the closet from IKEA.
Anyway, with the new electric screwdriver in hand, we got to work, step-by-step, moving forward very carefully and methodically. And when all was said and done, our sons’ closet was pristine. We did a perfect job. And we were clearly extremely proud of our efforts! Hooray! Great work, bubbles and me.
After that, we took some time to admire our work before having some leftovers and me jumping in the shower.
After that, we chilled out on the couch for a little bit to watch an episode of Schitts Creek and an episode of Game of Thrones.
Around 10:15 PM, we start getting ready for bed, as I journaled in our room and Jake arrived home around 10:50 PM
Rochelle and I then rushed him into his bedroom to show him the work that we did. He was very excited as were we.
After a loving good night as well as a texted “happy and healthy“ good night to Jordan, and then some mindfulness meditation, Rochelle and I were off to bed.
Happy, healthy, infinite love and gratitude!